Handling Weeds in the Mahakam River
Samarinda, (18/12/2020). In order to handle the accumulation of weed plants in the Mahakam River or what residents usually call napung, the East Kalimantan Provincial Government held a coordination meeting to handle this matter.
Submitted by the acting Head of Regional Infrastructure Ibnu Abbas, S.Sos, M.Si accumulation It is feared that the increasingly widespread weeds will disrupt the flow of the Mahakam River and transportation routes, because the accumulation of weeds is washed away by the current from the upstream areas of the river.
There are 3 weed accumulation points, including those located in Jantur, Rempanga, and Sengkotek (under the bridge Mahulu), the rate of weeds from Jantur Village to the Mahulu bridge is approximately 10 days, and those that are urgent to be handled are in Sengkotek (under the Mahulu bridge).
BWS Kalimantan III has coordinated with the Sengkotek Village Head and conducted a field visit, estimating the volume of weeds to be transported is approximately 1,000m3. So it is planned to clean/remove weeds and accommodate the weeds in temporary disposal for further transportation to final disposal.
However, there are obstacles to removing the weeds because the access road for heavy equipment for removing the weeds is blocked by a building in the form of a kiosk (condition existing in the form of a small market).
(Public Relations of Bappeda Kaltim/Fat/Editor : Sukandar, S.Sos)
